Mr. Richie went on to write several books on Mr. Kurosawa and his films, including the 1950 samurai mystery "Rashomon," whose innovative shifting of perspective among characters won the director global renown.
In short, Mr. Jackson's death has carried on much as his life, full of rumors, litigation and a shifting cast of characters acting on his behalf.
What this detailed, firmly directed body of songs does is to create a series of shifting impressions of characters who drift through L.A. (Maybe it's the seagulls that pop up on several songs, but nobody would mistake this for a New York album).
Further noting Shakespeare's crafting of the play, Hazlitt points to fine touches at the beginning that contribute to a unified effect: "The wildness of the scenery, the sudden shifting of the situations and characters, the bustle, the expectations excited, [all] are equally extraordinary".
Mr. Gilbert, who has a special affinity for Bruckner, was sensitive to the shifts of character and sound, as well as the blend of gravity and innocence in the music.
In particular, his writings show a remarkable, but usually discreetly phrased, awareness of the permanently shifting character of human sexuality.
In his netherworld of shifting certainties, characters – like, as he says, villains in a novel – come and go.
As confusing as the format sounds, the two actors make perfect sense out of it, clearly shifting between characters without aid of costume or set changes.
The first reviews the shifting character of arguments against trade down the years.
Instead Mr. Gergiev and his players captured the shifting character of the music, especially the macabre section that breaks into a thin-toned, ghostly waltz.
